The state government on Saturday approved a host of projects to improve roads in west Delhi, earmarking for this work a budget of just under ₹30 crore. The stretches — which include the busy Najafgarh Road, Punjab Garden Road, Ginni Devi Road, Hemwati Nanda Bahuguna Marg, Pankaj Batra Marg, Lal Sai Mandir Marg — were […]
At least 100 families living in a high-rise building in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida have had no electricty for the past four days. Power supply to the Hilston Urbtech Society in Noida’s Sector 79 was cut Tuesday and, since then, residents of the 18-floor building have been unable to use the elevators or perform even basic […]
Having received approval from the railway ministry, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) will construct a road overbridge connecting Palam Vihar and Sector 102 road with the Dwarka expressway. The overbridge will facilitate the movement of thousands of commuters on this stretch and reduce pressure and congestion on the Bajghera flyover, GMDA officials said. Residents […]
Around 80,000 streetlights in the city might be operated from a control room by April next year, officials of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) said on Friday. The matter was discussed at the MCG house meeting held in Civil Lines on Thursday. The corporation is in the process of reviving a 2017 project of […]
Applicants of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) housing scheme in private residential projects held a protest on Thursday at the Department of Town and City Planning (DTCP) office in Sector 14. The protesters asked to conduct a draw to allot flats already constructed by various builders. According to them, applications were submitted in 2014 and […]
The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) held its house meeting at John Hall in Civil Lines on Thursday. During the meeting, Mukesh Kumar Ahuja, commissioner, MCG, informed senior officials and councillors that the corporation is in the process of preparing estimates for delivering civic services in eight privately developed colonies which it took over in […]
The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (Yeida) will soon start acquiring land for the planned development around the international greenfield airport in Jewar, officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday. In all, the authority plans to acquire around 20,000 hectares for future development along the 165km Yamuna Expressway and Jewar airport. To begin with, […]
The Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) on Wednesday issued notices to 39 property owners for operating commercial establishments in residential plots in DLF phase one. The properties are located along Golf Course Road and its vicinity. DTCP officials said that if the owners don’t submit a satisfactory reply within a week, recommendations will […]
Police have booked two revenue department officials and a property dealer, along with four of his associates for allegedly selling a 1089 sq ft Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) plot in Carterpuri by getting it registered with forged documents, officials said on Tuesday. According to police, the property dealer told Dimpi Kumari and her husband […]
The India Meteorological Department has predicted spells of rain and thunderstorm in the city till Saturday. IMD officials said that a low-pressure zone presently hovering over central Madhya Pradesh has started rainfall activity which is expected to bring down the daytime temperature by 2-4 degree Celsius. This system which caused rain on early Tuesday morning […]
The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) said on Saturday that it will develop an urban forest over 10 acres of land in Sector 109, in collaboration with the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and a multinational consultancy company. A tree plantation drive was held in Sector 109 on Saturday to commence the project, in presence […]
The Haryana government’s proposal to regularise illegal colonies and give the residents outside the municipal limits basic civic infrastructure — to be executed by the department of town and country planning (DTCP) — has met with a lukewarm response, said officials privy to the matter on Saturday. According to officials, DTCP received only seven applications […]
